Maya (feat. Adrian Peace & Swopadelic) Video (MV)

If I said it I meant it
It's not for attention
I'm never pretending
I'm blunted I'm minted
Like money infinite
They say the swagger a gimmick
Ha
As if I'd ever be confined by they limits
And timid intentions
They scared of greatness but it's just one of my interests
Just something I ponder that you might witness
And if it's just smoke that I'm blowing
I'm hoping it's potent
And force you to focus when floating
And ease all the coping
Keep you from moping
With all of the shit that wrote in my notes
I'm coaxing a change
Coaching through pain
It's all the same
When you insane
Take aim
Well trained to feign what's plain
Again
They say my name
The call of fame
I still complain

But still I rise
Will it ever be realized
But still I rise
May not stop it but I'll try
Still I rise

Angelou
I rise
Heaven knows
I died so many times inside I got a timeshare in the sky spend some time there in July
Angelou
I'm no angel no
D'angelo vibes
I am more than an overcomer
Promise you I'll rise
Horns and halo
Born with the ladder picked up the former
Now I'm waiting patiently for Karma
It's a different set of rules I live by
Even well grounded as I am I'm still fly
Peaceful as I am I'll still let the sig free
I ain't wit the lyin' homie I'm no Siegfried
I believe it's a beast in every one of us facts
If you learn to tame it that's a superpower for blacks
I'm a boss and I would love to tell you that I'm self made
But my pops was powder puffing I'm professor x made
I'm still product of a man who defied all the odds
A product of a woman who confided in God
A product of my granny never givin' up hope
Without me saying I'm a product you could tell that I'm dope
I'll rise

But still I rise
Will it ever be realized
But still I rise
May not stop it but I'll try
Still I rise

I shall rise up above it
I've heard lies from another
I saw lives I would covet
But what lies undercover
I saw signs from my mother
Made me cut ties from my brother
I'll be fine on the subject
I Just need time to recover
Still I rise
I feel up inside
I've been so alive
In my eyes
I can see the lies
Try to cut my size
But my kind
Once we realize
Then re realign
From a place
Where my people starve
Need to feel the lions
See my face
I don't need to speak
Read between the lines
It's in place
Almost to the peak
Do you see the signs
It's a race
But it's not on feet
All we have is time
What's at steak
Us remaining free
Open up the mind

But still I rise
Will it ever be realized
But still I rise
May not stop it but I'll try
Still I rise